Nearly a decade ago, New Orleans officials hailed their new jail as a harbinger of change.

"The only way out of there if you're a prisoner, is a body bag," said NBC Chicago’s Chuck Goudie on a recent episode of "The Takeaway with Alex." ...

KANGAR: A policeman who was charged with murdering his wife in March 2023 was confirmed dead at the Tuanku Fauziah Hospital ...

A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested and is being held on a $1.1 million bond after admitting he turned ...

When officers investigated the situation further, they found Weaver inside the cell unresponsive. According to an original press release from the city jail, medical personnel tried to save Weaver ...

The sheriff who oversees the New Orleans jail where 10 men escaped last week says defective locks were a key factor in the ...

The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office said the inmates might have had help from jail workers. By Michael Levenson The rectangular hole in the cell wall was just big enough for a person to squeeze ...

President Donald J. Trump's latest brainstorm du jour is to reopen the federal prison on Alcatraz Island where he plans to incarcerate America's most dangerous criminals. This despite the opinion ...

A Coweta County inmate, 41-year-old Alan Caswell, was found dead in his jail cell on May 4 after reportedly hanging himself with a bedsheet. Detention officers and EMS attempted life-saving ...

(WKRC) - A jail entered lockdown after authorities realized a convicted murderer had gone missing from their care. 12 hours later he was found in a courthouse holding cell, having been ...

When someone accused of a crime in this small northwestern Montana town needs mental health care, chances are they'll be locked in a basement jail cell the size of a walk-in closet. Prisoners ...